List of Famous people named Maria

Maria de Sousa was a Portuguese immunologist, science leader poet and writer. She gained international recognition as a medical researcher, as the author of several seminal scientific papers: she was the first to describe thymus-dependent areas in 1966, a fundamental discovery in the mapping of peripheral lymphoid organs; she coined the term "ecotaxis" in 1971, to describe the phenomenon of cells of different origins to migrate and to organize among themselves in very specific lymphoid areas. In the 1980s she focused on the study of hereditary hemochromatosis, an iron overload genetic disease.

Saint María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, born María Isabel Salvat Romero, was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun and a member of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross. She assumed the name of "María de la Purísima of the Cross" after she entered that order. Romero was the successor of Saint Angela of the Cross of the latter's congregation and was known for her firmness in the progress of the order and in their role as servants of God and His people. Romero was known in her order for her strong commitment to uphold the magisterium of the Church.

María Conde is a Spanish basketball player who last played for the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. Conde also plays for the Spanish national team.

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies was queen consort of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and regent of the Kingdom from 1833 to 1840.

Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie is a Swedish-Norwegian actress. She was born in Västerås, Sweden, but grew up in Oslo, Norway. Her parents are Norwegian actress Jannik Bonnevie and Swedish actor Per Waldvik. Bonnevie was educated at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting (1997) and had her first film role in Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's Hvíti víkingurinn, at the age of eighteen.

María José Sáenz de Buruaga Gómez is a Spanish politician from the People's Party (PP), president of the party's regional branch since 25 March 2017 who served as Vice President of Cantabria and Regional Minister of Health and Social Services from 2011 to 2015.

Maria Sergeevna Vinogradova was a Russian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1940 to 1995.

Maria Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, was by marriage landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt

María Baxa was an Italian-Serbian film actress, mainly active in Italian cinema.

Maria Anna of Spain was a Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. She acted as regent on several occasions during the absences of her spouse.